{"id":9275,"date":"2013-07-11T08:08:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T06:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2013-10-08T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T10:45:16","slug":"grand-canyon-uvegdobozban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/archivum\/grand-canyon-uvegdobozban\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Canyon in a Glass Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jewish Historical Museum, Warsaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architects: Lahdelma & Mahlam\u00e4ki<\/strong>
\nText and photos: Rudolf Klein<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inaugurated recently, the museum of Jewish history in Warsaw was designed by a Finnish architect, Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki. It faces the monument erected in 1948 to honour the ghetto revolt of 1943, joining it to make an integral spiritual \u2013 and to some extent also formal \u2013 unity on the site of the former ghetto, in the fabric of Warsaw made up of mainly social-realist buildings. The heart of the architectural concept is an elongated \u201epassage\u201d, which on the one hand does not embrace the exhibition itself, whilst on the other hand does not stand alone as it has been wrapped in a glass box. This organic creation of irregular forms is evoked by the section of the longitudinal square also on the southern and northern glass facades. This space is joined by the individual exhibition rooms and auditoriums via bridges as well as by offices. According to the official brochure introducing the museum this \u201epassage\u201d symbolizes the Shoah which had been passable only to a few.<\/p>\n

Design: Lahdelma & Mahlam\u00e4ki<\/strong>
\nFellow architects: Kury\u0142owicz & Associates, Warsaw<\/strong>
\nArchitects: Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki, Maritta Kukkonen, Miguel Silva, Jukka Savolainen, Markus Wikar, Mirja Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4, Stefan Kury\u0142owicz, Ewa Kury\u0142owicz, Pawe\u0142 Grodzicki, Marcin Ferenc, Tomasz Kopec, Micha\u0142 Gratkowski<\/strong>
\nStructure: Arbo Projekt <\/strong>
\nHVAC engineering: Pol-con Consulting <\/strong>
\nMain contractor: Polimex \u2013 Mostostal <\/strong>
\nClient: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland <\/strong><\/p>\n

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